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Thu, 14 Jun 2018 16:00:00 +1000An award-nominated documentary-style podcast about video games and the video game industry, as they were in the past, and how they came to be the way they are today.
en-auepisodicAudio documentaries about the history and culture of video gamesRichard MossAn award-nominated documentary-style podcast about video games and the video game industry, as they were in the past, and how they came to be the way they are today.
novideo games,game history,the history of video games,the life and times of video games,retro gaming,retro gaming podcast,classic gaming,old games,documentary,history,interviews,gaming culture,gaming history,audio,game development,games industryRichard Mossrich.c.moss@gmail.comEpisode 10 - Dogzhttps://lifeandtimes.games/10-dogz
1efa5dea-524e-4e0f-881a-0d011cfccca5Thu, 14 Jun 2018 16:00:00 +1000Richard Mossfull1Richard MossFrustrated by the unjustified furore that surrounded his tame interactive movie game, designer Rob Fulop turned to Santa for help. And with a clever business model he and his team at PF Magic invented a new kind of game, one in which you adopt and care for a digital animal -- a virtual dog or cat, or something more exotic, with a personality and needs and quirks not unlike a real one.32:57noFrustrated by the unjustified furore that surrounded his tame interactive movie game, designer Rob Fulop turned to Santa for help. And with a clever business model he and his team at PF Magic invented a new kind of game, one in which you adopt and care for a digital animal -- a virtual dog or cat, or something more exotic, with a personality and needs and quirks not unlike a real one.
Petz hexing is a deep rabbit hole to fall down, but if you're curious I'd recommend starting with these links:
* Ballz &amp; Linez: Remembering the Golden Age of Petz Hexing (https://beckyhansmeyer.com/2015/03/11/ballz-linez-remembering-the-golden-age-of-petz-hexing/)
* Petz: A lost community of mostly female coders/gamers (https://medium.com/@melissamcewen/petz-a-lost-community-of-mostly-female-coders-gamers-2eb0e1a73f42)
* Carolyn's Creations (http://fleabagz.net/carolyn/)
And for more on the Petz AI, I thought these were interesting:
* Socially Intelligent Virtual Petz (http://alumni.media.mit.edu/~benres/verbiage/Socially%20Intelligent%20Virtual%20Petz.htm)
* Creating Emotional Relationships With Virtual Characters (https://web.archive.org/web/20160412174136/http://www.interactivestory.net/papers/stern_emotionartifacts1999.html)
* Virtual Babyz: Believable Agents with Narrative Intelligence (https://web.archive.org/web/20160412201407/http://www.interactivestory.net/papers/PetzAndBabyz.html)
* (Also take a good look at what one of the Dogz/Catz developers did next (https://web.archive.org/web/20160611045248/http://www.interactivestory.net).)
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Two short clips from Night Trap's 1993 3DO version
Excerpt from 1993 Senate Committee Hearings, via YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJVnL484jbk)
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Frustrated by the unjustified furore that surrounded his tame interactive movie game, designer Rob Fulop turned to Santa for help. And with a clever business model he and his team at PF Magic invented a new kind of game, one in which you adopt and care for a digital animal -- a virtual dog or cat, or something more exotic, with a personality and needs and quirks not unlike a real one.

Petz hexing is a deep rabbit hole to fall down, but if you're curious I'd recommend starting with these links:

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Frustrated by the unjustified furore that surrounded his tame interactive movie game, designer Rob Fulop turned to Santa for help. And with a clever business model he and his team at PF Magic invented a new kind of game, one in which you adopt and care for a digital animal -- a virtual dog or cat, or something more exotic, with a personality and needs and quirks not unlike a real one.

Petz hexing is a deep rabbit hole to fall down, but if you're curious I'd recommend starting with these links:

You can make a donation to help cover running costs and allow me to rely less on freelance income (which means more time to produce the show) via

Can't afford to give me money?

Consider listening via the RadioPublic app for Android or iOS. It's free. And if you enable analytics then I get paid a couple of cents each time you listen to my show. Head to [RadioPublic.com](RadioPublic.com) for more info.